[CENTER][h1]Elemental Plane of Air[/h1]
[h2][color=6ecff6]Ishaan's Palace: Grand Hall, Right Wing[/color][/h2][/CENTER]

Jub and Brutrumukk easily notice that the suits of armor seem to be still The macaw answers them, "We can't disable them now, but there is a way to avoid them now that you've gone through this entrance! See, this is one of the many puzzles Lord Ishaan put into his palace! Solve the puzzle, and you can get through here without them charging at you," 

The macaw flies down to land on Jub's shoulder and he comments, "You look like you're smart enough to handle this. I'll help ya out. They'll only move when you do now," 

When Brutrumukk and Jub do move, they find that the suits of armor move like they're the two adventurers' reflections from their various spots. 

[hider=Skill Challenge!]Instead of giving an actual puzzle, we're going to do a skill challenge for ease of play. ^^" 

Brutrumukk and Jub will need to make three checks of the following skills. Jub will have advantage on one of them thanks to the Macaw's action to Help. If Jub and Brutrumukk pass 2 out of 3 chosen skill checks, they will make it past the armors without going into an actual fight. Less than that, and a fight will break out. 

[u]Choose your skill checks[/u]
Arcana
Insight
Survival
History
Investigation
Acrobatics
Athletics[/hider]

[@XxFellsingxX][@rush99999]

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[CENTER][color=598527][h1]Hither[/h1][/color][/CENTER]
[CENTER][color=00746b][h2]Bavlorna's Cottage: Preservation Pool (B1)[/h2][/color][/CENTER] 

As soon as Aurora picks up the hat, it noticeably moves and shifts in her hands, twitching even more. It unfurls itself from its pointed hat form into that of a black tentacled thing! It immediately lunges towards Aurora, and the next thing she sees is darkness! She can't breathe either! She can vaguely hear her friends call out her name in worry and concern! 

Whatever this hat was, it's not letting her go! She needs to do something [I]fast![/I]

[hider=OOC]The hat is a monster! It attacks Aurora.
Thanks to Aurora's Natural 20 Investigation, it does not have surprise, so its attack is a straight roll.

However, its attack landed on Aurora with a [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/28577]19[/url]. It deals [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/28578]7[/url] bludgeoning damage to her. Aurora is also now blinded and unable to breathe this way. 

She can use an action to try and detach the monster off of her head, but she will need to make a Strength Check to do so.

Roll Initiative! [/hider]

[hider=Initiative]Aurora: 19
Hat Monster: [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/28579]11[/url]
Gabriel: [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/28584]Natural 1 for 3[/url]

Zavakri: ???[/hider]
[@Lurking Krog][@Dark Cloud][@Fading Memory][@Cao the Exiled]